Not Sure If Guinea Pig Has Ringworm Or Not.

[helloitsbecca]

My little William has a sore nose! A bit of skin was hanging off it and then it had came off by this morning.

I'm unsure if this is ringworm or not. It's not scabby, just a bit red. It's not bothering him at all - he isn't scratching and is eating and acting normally. I wonder if he has just hurt himself - he is quite the active boy and is always running around and playing with his brother (who has no issues at all).

Here's a pic. If anyone can shed any light on this, it would be much appreciated! If it is, I have 1% clotrimazole cream I can use to treat him (i have read that this is suitable, apologies if I am wrong!).

 

[Wiebke]

My little William has a sore nose! A bit of skin was hanging off it and then it had came off by this morning.

I'm unsure if this is ringworm or not. It's not scabby, just a bit red. It's not bothering him at all - he isn't scratching and is eating and acting normally. I wonder if he has just hurt himself - he is quite the active boy and is always running around and playing with his brother (who has no issues at all).

Here's a pic. If anyone can shed any light on this, it would be much appreciated! If it is, I have 1% clotrimazole cream I can use to treat him (i have read that this is suitable, apologies if I am wrong!).

There are lots of different varieties of fungal, of which ringworm is just the most aggressive and transmittable form of fungal infection, and because of that, the best known. Please have your piggy seen and diagnosed by a vet next week. Fungal is not necessarily all that obvious in the first few days, but you need to have it seen of the bald patch grows and you notice the typical exudations/crusts.

You always need to treat all piggies in contact because of the thousands of fungal spores that are set free in an acute outbreak; not every piggy will come down with fungal, but they can carry spores in their coat and pass them on at a later point.

Here are our tips. As an observant owner, you have caught it very early on.
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

 

[helloitsbecca]

There are lots of different varieties of fungal, of which ringworm is just the most aggressive and transmittable form of fungal infection, and because of that, the best known. Please have your piggy seen and diagnosed by a vet next week. Fungal is not necessarily all that obvious in the first few days, but you need to have it seen of the bald patch grows and you notice the typical exudations/crusts.

You always need to treat all piggies in contact because of the thousands of fungal spores that are set free in an acute outbreak; not every piggy will come down with fungal, but they can carry spores in their coat and pass them on at a later point.

Here are our tips. As an observant owner, you have caught it very early on.
Ringworm: Hygiene And Pictures

Thank you I'll make an appointment and keep an eye on it in the meantime.